NASCAR O'Reilly Series

Bandit Industries has signed a two-race deal to sponsor Jeffrey Earnhardt and JD Motorsports in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Bandit will race with Earnhardt as the primary sponsor at Mid-Ohio for the Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 Aug. 16. Bandit will return with Earnhardt as a co-primary sponsor for the VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 at Kentucky Speedway Sept. 20.

Toyota has two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) victories at Watkins Glen International (WGI), and Camry driver Busch has registered both wins in his Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) No. 18 Camry. Busch earned the first Watkins Glen victory for Toyota in 2008 at the upstate New York road course when he started from the pole after qualifying was cancelled due to rain and was out front for 52 (of 90) laps in the event.

Carlos Contreras is back behind the wheel of the No. 44 38 Special/Ingersoll Rand/Voli Camry this weekend for the second NNS road course race of 2014. Contreras has two previous starts at the 11-turn road course circuit, and has an average starting position of 20.0 and an average finishing position of 32.0. Earlier this season, Contreras finish 15th at Road America in the No. 44 Camry and is ready to take on The Glen this weekend.

Eric McClure will be making his sixth Nationwide Series start at Watkins Glen International on Saturday afternoon. His best finish at the 2.45-mile, 11-turn road course dates back to 2012 when he crossed the finish line in the 26th spot. One year ago, McClure was on course to earning a track-best finish when a tie-rod broke on the No. 14 Camry with 21 laps remaining. Although the team made quick repairs, there wasn't enough time to make up the ground lost in the pits resulting in a 28th-place finish.

After a 16th place finish last weekend in the "American Heartland", Mike Bliss and the No. 19 TriStar Motorsports Camry are ready to take on the meandering 11-turn road course in Watkins Glen, New York. With seven previous NNS starts at the 3.4-mile course, Bliss has an average starting position of 24.1 and an average finishing position of 23.0. After his 10th place finish at Road America in June, Bliss is ready to battle the left and right turns at Watkins Glen International.

The No. 23 team that competes in the NASCAR Nationwide Series has been penalized for a rules infraction that occurred during practice Aug. 1 at Iowa Speedway.

Trevor Bayne makes his fourth NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) start at Watkins Glen International on Saturday afternoon. In three previous starts at the 2.450-mile road course, Bayne has recorded two top-10 finishes.

This weekend Roush Fenway Racing rookie Ryan Reed visits Watkins Glen, which is the second road course of the season for the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS). This is Reed’s first start at the 2.45-mile course.

“We had a really great car at Road America earlier this year, so I’m excited to bring that same car back to the track. It’s really cool to have Cheez-It on our Mustang, especially since this is such a big race weekend for Kellogg’s. I know we’ll have a strong car, hopefully we can play the road course strategy right and end up in victory lane.”

Hitting The Road...James Buescher will make his second start at the 11-turn, 2.45-mile Watkins Glen International (WGI) road course on Saturday afternoon. Buescher's first and only start at WGI came back during the 2011 season when he started in the 10th position and went on to finish in 17th. In the only road course race of the 2014 season, Buescher brought the No. 99 Rheem Toyota Camry home just outside the top-15 in the 17th-place.